As soon as my son saw the giant zucchini on the counter he begged me to make him his favorite Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread with dried cherries. We all love that zucchini bread recipe, but I always feel a pull to make something new for the blog. I decided a fun way to change it up was by baking it in half sized bundt pans.

When I went to the pantry, all the dried cherries were gone. I usually have a Costco size bag on hand, so I substituted Craisins (another huge Costco bag that’s always in my pantry.) The dried cranberries tasted great, but the dried cherries add just a little bit more flavor.

I always sift cocoa when I’m using it, to avoid having lumps of cocoa in my batter. And when make zucchini bread, I always get out the salad spinner and spin out as much water as I can.

The zucchini bundt cake was a big hit. My son even hid some in the back of the pantry goodie bin so there would be some left for him to take to work the next day.

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I must thank you for the idea of using the spinner for the zucchini. I used to use zucchini in bread and have not done that in a long time. Making this cake should be fun to do. I have extra zucchini in the refrigerator.